India Fight Ignited by Offended Journalist

By

Amol Sharma And

Preetika Rana

March 12, 2012 8:43 p.m. ET

Vinay Rai has ignited a major controversy over free speech on the Internet in India with a complaint alleging criminal negligence by Google, Facebook and other companies for not removing objectionable material from their sites.

In India and elsewhere, Internet companies are required to remove content in some cases, but also get some...